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mmm curiouser and curioser as Alice said lol
the ww1 death for thomas says he enlisted in leeds (if it's the right one) maybe they split up? ooh wonder if alice is on the 1911 as andrews
how weird their is an alice andrews b1888 living in eastbourne with her parents but listed as single?? if it's here where are the kids???? this is so strange!

Births Sep 1905
Poole James Thomas - Eastbourne 2b 79

James Thomas Poole
Birth 19 August 1905 inEastbourne, Sussex, England
Death July 1990 inUckfield, Sussex, England

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Births Dec 1907
Poole David Henry S - Eastbourne 2b 65


David Henry Samuel Poole
Birth September 22 1907 in 81 Dennis (now Dursley) Rd, Eastbourne
Death May 18 1968 inSt Mary's Hospital, Church Street, Eastbourne, Sussex, England

Again, notes from a tree

If true, might explain a few things ! ...........

Thomas Poole (1887-1918) was a driver in the Royal Field Artillery during The Great War (1914-18) he probably was drafted in 1916. Served in France. He was supposed to be a nasty character, a womaniser, a drunk and a wife beater. He met his death in bizarre circumstances. He was returning from a night out in a local village in France the worse for wear, The sentry on duty at the Army Camp, seeing a dark figure shouted 'Who goes there, friend or foe?', Thomas shouted back in a comic German accent 'FOE' and was shot dead. Alice found out about his death when she collapsed in a shop in Eastbourne from lack of food, and the lady who helped her said that her husband was the sentry who had accidentally shot Thomas. Alice was apparently very grateful to the Sentry for freeing her from the no good tyrant.

ooooh mike! could you pm me the tree details please! is it on ancestry or here on GR many thanks Helen

Notes:


Alice Lilly May Andrews

Census1901
Age: 18
St Mary's Home for Female Penitents, Queens Square, Wykeham Terrace, Brighton, Sussex, England.
This home was founded for the reformation of Prostitutes and fallen women.
Alice could have been here either because she had worked the streets or to give birth to an unwanted child.

Not my tree
Tree owner goes by the name of rjun67 on Ancestry

There are photos of Alice and her various residences

Residence 1916-1923
Boys Homes, Various Locations
James & David were put into Boys Homes as their Mother was unable to look after them

Alice according to the records was born c1884 not 1888 so that cant be her still at home in 1911

re the story typical thing a Poole would do!! not the brightest bunch lol ;-)

whoops I am on google chrome and didnt reload the page sorry

1901 - St Mary's Home Brighton

Name: Alice Lily May Andrews
Age: 19
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1882
Relation: Patient
Gender: Female
single
Where born: Brixton, London, England
occ : general domestic servant

Civil parish: Brighton
Ecclesiastical parish: St Paul
County/Island: Sussex

thanks mike!!!! i didn't think the tree was yours, still doesn't answer where any of them were on the 1911 though, but what a lot of good info THANKS! will try to get a free ancestry trial with a different email addy and have a look. wonder why she only got rid of the 2 boys? or did she rehome the others too?

How sad, whatever his character, to be killed so near the end of the war. Sometimes people enlisted in areas other than a home address.

If this is he, from ancestry:

UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919
Name: Thomas Poole
Residence: Leeds
Death Date: 5 Nov 1918
Death Location: France & Flanders
Enlistment Location: Leeds
Rank: DVR.
Regiment: Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery
Number: L/5831
Type of Casualty: Died of wounds
Theatre of War: Western European Theatre

One can see the cemetery here
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/571940/POOLE,%20T

Yes it is sad Joy but sometimes it's for the best, esp as he died of his own stupidity! I'm fairly sure it's the right one just can't find any of them on the 1911 anywhere????? have tried looking for alice under beeney and andrews with no luck or the boys? she had twins in 1910 and 1 died so maybe that tipped her over the edge?
would be good to find some of them in 1911!
thanks everyone for the help! what an interesting evening!
Helenx